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The hemodynamic, hormonal, and renal responses to alterations in dietary potassium were studied in normotensive and hypertensive subjects. In a short-term study, nine normotensive and nine hypertensive young men received a normal diet and low potassium, high potassium, and high potassium/low sodium diets for 1 week, each. The long-term effect of potassium supplementation (normal diet plus 96 mmol KC1/d for 8 weeks) was evaluated in 17 patients with essential hypertension. Blood pressure did not change significantly during short-term alterations of potassium intake but decreased during long-term supplementation (from 152.2 +/- 3.5/99.6 +/- 1.9 mm Hg to 137.4 +/- 2.9/89.1 +/- 1.4 mm Hg). High dietary potassium induced a significant but transient natriuresis. Plasma potassium concentration was increased during long- but not during short-term high potassium intake. In contrast to plasma renin activity (PRA) and aldosterone, urinary kallikrein was consistently stimulated during long-term potassium supplementation. The plasma concentrations of adrenaline and noradrenaline were significantly higher in hypertensive than in normotensive subjects and were not markedly altered by the dietary changes. It is concluded that long- but not short-term potassium supplementation lowers blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension. The antihypertensive effect may be mediated by potassium-induced natriuresis, by a stimulation of Na-K-
ATPase
secondary to increased plasma potassium levels, and/or by a modulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone,
kallikrein
-kinin, and sympathetic nervous systems.
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PMID:Hemodynamic, renal, and hormonal responses to changes in dietary potassium in normotensive and hypertensive man: long-term antihypertensive effect of potassium supplementation in essential hypertension. 392 52
Active and inactive
kallikrein
were measured along the rabbit microdissected nephron. A sensitive and specific micromethod for the measurement of kininogenase activity was developed in order to quantify
kallikrein
in pieces of tubule as small as 0.3-0.5 mm. Our study confirms that active and inactive
kallikrein
are located to the connecting tubule (CNT). The effects on renal kallikrein of a chronic DOCA treatment and of adrenalectomy were studied. Urinary excretion of
kallikrein
was also monitored. After DOCA treatment, active
kallikrein
increased in the tubule and in urine but inactive
kallikrein
did not significantly change. Adrenalectomy decreased by 50% active and inactive contents of CNT, as well as reduced the excretion of total
kallikrein
. Kallikrein content in CNT was also measured in adrenalectomized rabbits 3 h after a single injection of either aldosterone (10 micrograms) or dexamethasone (100 micrograms). After either aldosterone or dexamethasone injections,
kallikrein
activities were not restored, whereas in the same animals Na-K-
ATPase
activity which was depressed on cortical and medullary collecting tubules after adrenalectomy returned toward normal values. These data indicate that
kallikrein
synthesis and activation are influenced by adrenal hormones. Renal
kallikrein
is, however, regulated at a much slower rate than Na+-K+-
ATPase
. This may suggest an indirect rather than direct action of corticosteroid hormones on
kallikrein
.
...
PMID:Kallikrein along the rabbit microdissected nephron: a micromethod for its measurement. Effect of adrenalectomy and DOCA treatment. 608 89
Subcellular fractions were prepared from a rabbit kidney cortex homogenate by density gradient and free-flow electrophoresis techniques. After enzymatic and morphologic characterization, we determined the kininogenase activity in the different fractions. This activity was present in those plasma membranes that also contained high specific activities Na-K-
ATPase
and in lysosomal-like particles. No activity was found in the lumen, that is, the microvillous part of the proximal tubule cell. The
kallikrein
-like nature of this kininogenase activity was established by several methods.
...
PMID:Kininogenase activity in plasma membranes and cell organelles from rabbit kidney cortex: subcellular localization of renal kallikrein by free-flow electrophoresis and density-gradient fractionation. 626 Oct 32
Basolateral membrane (BLM) enriched fraction was isolated from homogenized rat kidney cortex by differential centrifugation. We also obtained a fraction enriched in plasma membrane (PM). The morphology of the isolated BLM fragments was studied by transmission and freeze fracture electron microscopy. The relative specific activity of Na+-K+-
ATPase
was enriched 7-fold, while that of marker enzymes for PM, endoplasmic reticulum, and lysosomes was lower than in the crude homogenate. There was a 10-fold difference in the ratios of activities of Na+-k+-
ATPase
to Mg2+-ATPase in the BLM and in the PM enriched fractions. Kallikrein activity was determined with S-2266 substrate and by radioimmunoassay of kinin released. It was low in the BLM fraction prior to adding detergent, but Triton X-100 increased the activity 12 to 16-fold. Both free trypsin and Sepharose 4B-bound insoluble trypsin increased
kallikrein
activity 2- to 3-fold in both the membrane-bound and soluble fractions, probably by activating a prekallikrein. The results were interpreted that the
kallikrein
studied originated from the distal tubular BLM.
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PMID:Kallikrein and prekallikrein on the basolateral membrane of rat kidney tubules. 627 73
The expression of the kdpFABC operon, coding for the K(+)-translocating Kdp-
ATPase
, is under the control of the two regulatory proteins KdpD and KdpE, which belong to the group of sensor kinase/response regulator systems. The topology of the KdpD protein in the cytoplasmic membrane was investigated using LacZ and PhoA fusions at different sites within the polypeptide chain and by treating spheroplasts in the presence or absence of Triton X-100 with the protease
kallikrein
. The results revealed that KdpD has four membrane-spanning segments in the middle of the polypeptide chain, whereas N and C terminus are both cytoplasmic.
...
PMID:Membrane topology analysis of the sensor kinase KdpD of Escherichia coli. 749 26
This study examined the effect of various manipulations of intracellular Ca2+ on
kallikrein
release by renal cortical slices. Increasing the extracellular Ca2+ concentration and the addition of Ca2+ ionophore A23187 was without effect on
kallikrein
release. In contrast,
kallikrein
release was enhanced by the addition of either extracellular or intracellular Ca2+ chelators in Ca(2+)-free medium and by two Ca2+ channel blockers, verapamil and nifedipine. Kallikrein release was also highly enhanced in depolarising medium (10-100 mM potassium chloride). Since potassium chloride induced a dose-related increase in free cytosolic Ca2+ which was abolished by nifedipine whereas the stimulation of
kallikrein
secretion persisted, a direct stimulating effect of potassium, at least at sub-physiological concentration, is suggested. Similarily, inhibition of either sodium/potassium-
ATPase
and Ca2+
ATPase
by ouabain and vanadium respectively, was also without effect on
kallikrein
secretion. Taken together, these results indicate that intracellular Ca2+ depletion, Ca2+ channel blockers and high extracellular K+ concentrations, acting through different mechanisms, are effective stimuli for
kallikrein
secretion, at least in the isolated renal cortical slice.
...
PMID:Intracellular Ca2+ depletion and Ca2+ channel blockers increase renal kallikrein secretion. 758 58
Intracellular protein distribution and sorting were examined in rat parotid striated duct cells, in which tissue kallikrein is apical, and Na,K-
ATPase
is basolateral. Electron-microscopic immunogold cytochemistry, with both polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, demonstrated these enzymes at opposite poles of the cells and in distinct intracellular sites. Kallikrein was found within apical secretory granules, whereas Na,K-
ATPase
was present on basolateral cell membranes. In addition,
kallikrein
was localized throughout cisternae of all Golgi profiles, whereas Na,K-
ATPase
(alpha-subunit) was found only in small peripheral vesicles and/or lateral cisternal extensions of a basal subset of Golgi profiles. These differences in the subcellular distribution of the two marker antigens were most clearly seen with double immunogold labelling. Our results suggest that
kallikrein
, an apical, regulated secretory protein, and Na,K-
ATPase
, a basolateral, constitutively transported membrane protein, are segregated at (or prior to) the level of the Golgi apparatus rather than in the trans-Golgi network (TGN), as was expected.
...
PMID:Subcellular distribution of tissue kallikrein and Na,K-ATPase alpha-subunit in rat parotid striated duct cells. 813 93
SHR (spontaneously hypertensive rat) is the most popular genetic hypertensive model rat. Using the F2 progeny obtained from SHR and normotensive rats, for example, WKY (Wistar-Kyoto rat), many cosegregation studies to find the genes responsible for blood pressure have been done. In this review, we present some studies using F2 rats concerning candidate genes, renin,
kallikrein
, sodium potassium-
ATPase
, heat shock protein 70, angiotensin converting enzyme, phospholipase C-delta 1 and SA gene to show whether these genes really associate with blood pressure. We discuss the signification of these genes in the process of producing SHR and stroke-prone SHR from WKY. We hope these studies will lead to identify the mechanism of human essential hypertension.
...
PMID:[Cosegregation studies in spontaneously hypertensive rats]. 832 Aug 40
The prostaglandin G2/H2 synthase (cyclooxygenase, COX) is a key regulatory enzyme of prostanoid synthesis pathway. The message-encoding COX isoenzymes (constitutive COX-1 and inducible COX-2) have been described in the rat kidney. However, there is scarce information on the localization of COX-2 in the kidney, although it has been recently reported to be localized in the macula densa. The present study was designed to evaluate the localization of COX-2 in adult rat kidneys. Normal rat kidneys (n=10) were fixed in Bouin and were immunostained with specific antibodies against COX-2 by the peroxidase method. The cellular origin of COX-2 was assessed by the immunostaining of serial consecutive sections with antibodies against Na-K-
ATPase
, Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein, H-K-
ATPase
,
kallikrein
, and macrophages. COX-2 was consistently observed in a subset of tubular cells located in the cortex and in the outer medulla. The staining of serial sections showed that the COX-2+ cells contained both Na-K-
ATPase
and Tamm-Horsfall, indicating that they corresponded to thick ascending limb (TAL) cells. They were observed at a considerable distance from the corresponding macula densa, although occasionally they were observed close to glomeruli. The COX-2 staining in the TAL cells was not abolished by dexamethasone treatment (1 to 20 mg/kg), suggesting its constitutive expression in normal kidneys. The presence of COX-2 in TAL (a tubular segment postulated to be devoid of COX-1) may contribute to the handling of ions through local production of prostaglandins.
...
PMID:Renal identification of cyclooxygenase-2 in a subset of thick ascending limb cells. 932 6
Rabbits given 1 ppm of vanadate in drinking water for twelve months showed (a) increased plasma levels of catecholamines (b) reduction of the arterial concentration of nitric oxide (c) lower activity of urine
kallikrein
and higher activities of urine kininases I and II and enkephalinase (d) reduced cardiac inotropism and augmented total peripheral resistance, with unchanged blood pressure levels (e) accumulation of the metal in the aorta and cardiac ventricles. Monoaminooxidase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activities were increased by vanadate in both kidney and liver and that of NADH-diaphorase in the kidney, in which NADPH-diaphorase activity was reduced. Some of the above results were also obtained in rats given 10 and 40 ppm of vanadate in drinking water for six-seven months; these animals showed arterial hypertension and reduced activity of Na, K-
ATPase
in the kidney. Vanadium appears to act on the cardiovascular function through selective neurohumoral, autacoidal and transductional mechanisms only in part depending on the species.
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PMID:[Neurohumoral, autacoid and transductional mechanisms in the cardiovascular effects of vanadate: histochemical correlations]. 937 36
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